Gary Shakespeare Company is a 501c3 Not-for-profit organization established in 2013. We are dedicated to bringing actors and audiences of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds together in the enjoyment of the works of William Shakespeare and in the shared experience of live performance.

GSC HISTORY:

Gary Shakespeare Company was founded in 2013 by a group of Shakespeare enthusiasts who believe every citizen of the Steel City should have the opportunity experience live performance of Shakespeare's works.

Our past productions have included:

King Lear (Summer '13),

Romeo and Juliet (Spring '14),

Twelfth Night (Summer '14)

Much Ado About Nothing (Summer '15)

Macbeth (Summer '16)

As You Like It (Summer '17)

Hamlet (Summer ‘18)

GSC MISSION:

Gary Shakespeare Company is dedicated to bringing actors and audiences of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds together in the enjoyment of the works of William Shakespeare and in the shared experience of live performance. We seek to enrich the public spaces of Northwest Indiana with passionate, vivid performances that reflect and include our community.

GSC PARTNERS:

We rehearse in residence at Theatre Northwest in the Indiana University Northwest’s new Arts and Sciences Building, 3401 Broadway, Gary.

We are a member of the Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation. nietf.org

We are also in collaboration with The City of Gary Department of Parks, performing in Marquette Park at 7200 Oak Avenue, Gary.

In July 2016, GSC was awarded a grant from the Legacy Foundation, Lake County’s community foundation of an effort to make our productions more widely available.